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What do you guys say about the balance between modest and dressing our best? Have you ever felt uncomfortable in the presence of a person dressed not very modestly at church, like a girl showing to much skin? What would you do: 1. Reproach yoursel…
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Welcome :D :D :D
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[quote author=GArgiriadis link=topic=7498.msg103191#msg103191 date=1242537548] If you're interested in a phylosophical oddity, check out Yeshua-do. http://www.yeshua-do.com/jom/ George [/quote] Everyone should see the link GArgiriadis posted. It's…
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[quote author=I am all yours Lord link=topic=7971.msg102999#msg102999 date=1242108944] 5) As mentioned earlier, be very sure about living a celibate life i.e. the thought of getting married very rarely crosses your mind. From what I heard from many …
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The best thing is always to be gentle and loving even more than having intense discussions. You know spending time with him and having fun with him. You can also invite him to bible studies or church events and let him experience Christ love for him…
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Qt allow me to suggest some solutions. Whether the fault is the priests, the deacons, the mike or your distraction the fact is that it is getting in the way of your prayer life and we need to do something about it. 1. If the problem is the mike or…
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Mabsoota, such a nice summary. I don’t think it can be made any shorter. In the discussion the two churches had in the past 40 plus years they have come some much close to each other. They have lifted their anathema and even permitted marriage betwe…
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As an ex-addict of masturbation and pornography allow me to share my past experience. I had started masturbating at a very young age and had been an addict for more than 9 years. I started watching pornography along with masturbating in the last fou…
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You're welcome QT. Actually my parents don't sleep in separate rooms but separate beds. My mom would be sleeping on a mattress on the floor while my dad sleeps on the bed. My dad usually don’t fast because he has high blood pressure, he is also diab…
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I don’t know how it is in the Coptic Church but in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox church it is a common practice for a husband and wife to sleep separately during fasting seasons. This is not mandatory but many adhere to this practice. Growing …
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Personally, I usually feel pressed with time because of lack of proper time management. You know wasting time on youtube, surfing the web, on the phone etc. So, first look if there are activates you can cut on in order to save time. Also I will cons…
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Some of the Catholic Church’s teachings initiated long after the Great Schism (1054). This is mainly the reason that our Church Fathers could not refute them. Here is what I found about the Holy spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son. http://…
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the_least, you do have lots of questions LOL :D. But I don’t think it is wrong to ask a lot of questions. Unless one asks questions how can he obey the Bible's saying “Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about…
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I think the following verses from Romans and James touch on this topic. Hopefully Fr. Peter or others with better understanding of our churches interpretation will explain more. "For God does not show favoritism. When the Gentiles sin, they will be…
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The influence of Judaism was present long before the introduction Christianity to Ethiopia in 333 A.D. by St. Frumentius. More historical background can be found in the following link: http://www.ethiopianorthodox.org/english/history.html Following …
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I would like to identify myself as Orthodox Christian first and formost. However I admit there were times I acted otherwise, identifying myself using my ethnicity, nationality or other classifications more than my Christianity. As some might think p…
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Qt I am very happy that you make a separate panel for this topic. This topic has been surfacing under other topics, which makes it hard to reach a common understanding. Many thanks again. The relationship of clergy and parishioners has a unique dyn…
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May the Lord give strength to all in Eritrea who are going through the pruning of persecution!!! “…he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.” John 15:2 In Christ Theophilus
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Hello Tesbeha people. I ask all of you for your forgiveness if what I will say is going to offend you and correct me if I am wrong. I am writing this post because I am observing a growing trend of disregarding our clergy’s and even referring to them…
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Hello Tesbeha people. I ask all of you for your forgiveness if what I will say is going to offend you and correct me if I am wrong. I am writing this post because I am observing a growing trend of disregarding our clergy’s and even referring to the…
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Marina though I am ignorant why women cannot become deaconess I will try to answer the first part of your questions, why are women looked down upon in our faith. The simplest and straight forward answer is they are not looked upon. There might be s…
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I wish females' in Tasbeha would enlighten us with their view. After all we are men and can't fully understand the practical side. Looking forward for female contribution on the issue :) In Christ Theophilus
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Here is a link: http://books.google.com/books?id=HiTaxR0EU2MC&dq=The+Ladder+of+Divine+Ascent+book &printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=Yo_jSc3GE-PelQeQ3rTgDg&sa=X&oi=book_result &ct=result&resnum=7 In Christ T…
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Just remind me of “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” Matthew 5:4. How hard must it be to mourn, tears :'( or no tears :(. St. John of the ladder (c 525) discusses mourning in detail in his book The Ladder of Divine Ascent. I…
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Here are some canons from the early Church Fathers on abortion. These might not specifically address abortion in the case of rape. Nevertheless, it will probably help us to realize how grave abortion is. As Fr. Shenouda Maher Ishak put it “these chi…
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QT Indeed it is hard to decide the measure of others cross. Who are we to say this is your right size of cross, go carry it? But Jesus Himself gave the key of heaven to His disciples and their descendants “And I will give you the keys of the King…
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Hey PopeKyrillos. Personally I say it's not okay. Here is an article that might help titled: "Brain Death" is Life, Not Death: Neurologists, Philosophers, Neonatologists, Jurists, and Bioethicists Unanimous at Conference http://www.lifesitene…
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Oh, ;D After I put the above post I found this link: http://copticchurch.net/topics/dictionary/ Just enter your term and you will find answers. Examples would be: 1. Dome (star, Astisk) It consists of two small silver bows in the shape of a c…
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Here are some items with their symbolism: Prospharine: The large veil or cloth that covers the altar. It is a white garment with crosses and icons of Jesus woven on it. It symbolizes the large stone placed at the tomb of Christ. Btw Jesus rose from…
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There is this TV show, "dateline, to catch a predator". Though the pedophiles on this show didn't have sex with the supposed minors they are still legally persecuted based on their attempt. Same goes to those who attempted murder but don't succeed –…